The president grew furious with senior advisers this week after being assured that infected patients would remain in quarantine overseas.
President Trump grew furious with senior advisers this week over a decision to allow 14 Americans who tested positive for coronavirus to return to the United States from Japan after being assured that infected patients would remain in quarantine overseas, according to administration officials.Americans who had spent weeks in quarantine aboard the Diamond Princess luxury liner
according to administration officials familiar with the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. Some members of the task force were not told in advance that the infected people would be placed on the plane and learned that only after the plane was on its way back to the United States.
based on information from operators on the ground in Tokyo. They decided to bring the infected passengers back home on the same planes but place them in an isolation area.One of the officials arguing they should all be flown home together was Robert Kadlec, assistant secretary for preparedness and response for the Department of Health and Human Services and a member of the task force.
Azar led a call with the coronavirus task force Wednesday and told members that the president was upset over the decision, according to two White House officials. One senior White House official said not informing Trump of the decision ahead of time was a “big operational mistake.” A second group of confirmed cases are 13 U.S. patients who either picked up the infection by traveling to China or from close contact with a family member.
Yet Trump also remains concerned that any large-scale outbreak in the United States could hurt his 2020 presidential reelection bid. He has also
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